Debate: "The Modern Controversy - Humanism? Will It Succeed?"
type: Event
description: debate
location: http://data.carnegiehall.org/venues/5
organizer: http://data.carnegiehall.org/names/7
start date: 1930-05-09T20:00:00
sub event: work_01
sub event: work_02
comment: Presented under the auspices of the Discussion Guild Entered from New York Times concert listing and article ("What is Going On This Week," May 4, 1930, pg. N4; "Babbitt Debates New Humanism Here," May 10, 1930, pg. 4) and advertisement in 4/20/1930 program; stated time is approximate. Topic: "The Modern Controversy - Humanism? Will It Succeed?" Affirmative: Professor Irving Babbitt Negative: Henry Seidel Canby Negative: Carl Van Doren